THIS IS AMAZING
Me: I hate it when bisexuals are represented in the media as nothing but whores because it’s supremely biphobic and only adds to our debasement of being cheaters and unable to remain interested in one person. It’s terrible and needs to stop!
*enter Tim Stoker, absolute chaotic good funny man and the Archive’s resident whore, fucking filing clerks and probably police officers to grab important documents and commit crimes*
Me: you know what I’m actually fine with this
After watching FMA03 and getting to see the glorious sight of Winry pick locks in a matter of seconds (as well as the empowering duo of Winry and Sheska), I absolutely delight in headcannoning that Edward has no idea that she can do any of her neat tricks. More than once on their trips Winry has shown herself to be true MVP by fixing busted up vehicles and rigging up devices to fix situations that Ed's fists won't fix. Cue a situation (that's 110% Ed's fault, thank you very much) in which Winry and Ed are being held captive, chains and all. Ed doesn't have his alchemy anymore so he can't just bust through the chains, and it's tearing him up that he's putting Winry through this, especially after what happened at Briggs, she must be so scared and-- Meanwhile off to the side, Winry has already wriggled her tools from her sleeves, picked her locks, and is currently delightfully going through the dangerous materials the bad guys so stupidly left for them beside a bunch of scrap metal. A matter of seconds later, Winry has busted a shellshocked Ed from his chains and is shoving him up the stairs, nervously yet gleefully laughing all the way. "Winry, what the hell is going on?" Ed splutters as Winry uses her bare hands, toughened by years of automail work, to rip boards from the wall to make their exit. "How'd you get out? What's the rush? What the fuck, Win?" Winry giggles. "The bombs about to go off Ed. We gotta go." "BOMB? What bo-!" (On that day Ed was reminded of how terrifyingly brilliant his wife was, and how glad he was she had never been his enemy.)
Okay so one thing I get really frustrated with in post-canon FMA fanfics is how Winry always gets portrayed as frustrated, or even downright hating the fact that Ed is very much a wandering soul.
Disregard the fact that her last line in FMA:B is literally along the lines of “men who stay still are boring”.
Disregard that Winry always supported Ed and Al’s decisions to travel because she knew how much they needed to get distance, and later supported it because she knew that they just wanted to see the world.
Disregard Winry instantly jumping on the chance to travel whenever offered, including yearly travelling to Rush Valley and a clear enjoyment of her trip north before everything went to shit.
Just know that Winry, seven months pregnant and struggling to get around, just starts shoving shit into suitcases cause there was a skirmish to the west that resulted in plenty of casualties, including amputees, and fuck if they don’t need the greatest automail mechanic there to help them out. Es gets a few words of protest in before unceremoniously getting thrown into the train, Winry eagerly jumping in behind him cause she’s needed elsewhere and nothing will slow her down, not even pregnancy.
Down the line, family trips are common. Only they aren’t trips into Central like most country folk take. No. The Elric-Rockbells are wanders at heart, and the people on the railroads know each of their faces intimately due to their yearly trips to Xing, and their constant roaming across the country offering automail and handyman services.
They miss home on the road, but wouldn’t give up on seeing the world for anything.
First and foremost, the world building within Magi is simply phenomenal. Within a matter of episodes you have an in-depth understanding of the social, political and economic structure of the world without burning hardly any brain cells. And the series does one of the most amazing jobs I've ever seen in anime by directly addressing the horrific issues that come with this world. There is no pussy footing around when it comes to slavery. It isn't censored or looked at through rose-coloured glasses. It's depicted as the fucking crime against humanity it is. Additionally Morgiana's history as a slave isn't glossed over, or made into a small facet of her being vulnerable to make her fit into the damsel-in-distress love archetype. Instead the creators blatantly show her struggling with PTSD and doing her best to deal with it by freeing others. The show also deals brilliantly with all aspects of anxiety, with majority of Alibaba's character growth coming from facing and learning to cope with the fact that he does have anxiety, and understanding that parts aren't due to himself and his failures, but rather the treatment he was given by others and their overbearing expectations; something that all people with anxiety can relate to as self-loathing is difficult to admit, let alone try to overcome. Sahbmad the deputy King further solidifies Magi's place as a work of social commentary and attempts to normalise and address issues like anxiety. The man faces literally crippling social and general anxiety, yet he becomes one of the greatest heroes of the series for all of us who have struggled with anxiety before by fucking standing up to his (abusive) brother and setting things right. Alibaba's support for him only further supports the fact that anxiety is real and common, but also that it can be dealt with by the aid of others and admitting that there is something wrong in the first place. These are only a few social issues addressed in Magi, and the addition of moments like indicating that Alibaba's mother's job as a prostitute was something to be respected rather than be ashamed of, as she was only caring for her kids, solidifies the show as one of the most underrated woke shows out there. For the love of every god please watch Magi you won't be disappointed.
Are you still writing stories anywhere? Or are you done altogether, not just on Fanfiction?
I have only posted on FF, and it’s been over two years since I last posted. However, I have finished my schooling for now and have suddenly gained a lot of free time. Thus, I actually have a pretty good outline of my story Mimic coming together, and the tentative beginnings of FtVttH. I won’t be writing them in a traditional sense as they are massive projects, but rather in a summary form with detailed interactions and lots of head cannons within it. So, basically, I’m actually gonna start posting stuff soon after been gone for over two years; keep an eye out!
If Big Hero 6 Was An Anime
Dororo (2019) aka YOU GET MAMA ISSUES, YOU GET MAMA ISSUES, NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE TRAUMA OF MAMAS
Each person having a different style, shape and colour.
Your soulmate has the exact same shape and colour as yours.
Some people are born with two colours.
NO GENDER-SPECIFIC WING COLOURS.
Meeting someone with the exact same colour, shape and style and going out for ice cream.
Lying on the couch at night, after a bad day at work/school and having your wings wrap around you.
Going to a park, jumping off a swing and having your wings shoot out.
Just wings.
WiNGS
Wings
WINGS.
I love how at the start of hxh gon was like: I’m going to use my animal instinct and fishing pole to get around the problem uniquely because I’m a cute little feral boy and I just want friends and some fun!!!
But by the end he was like: I’m full of teen angst and I’m gonna PUNCH this problem SO HARD it turns to PULP because my life is already spiralling out of control age (14)
Big Hero 6 | Title + Characters